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Vom Sieg zum Crash

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Und wo war die Astra Noah?

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Den Klassensieg im Rueckblick hat man natuerlich Plaene fuer den anstehenden

Lauf. Dieser soll natuerlich wieder "solo" stattfinden, also mal realistisch

bleiben.

Minimum ist natuerlich in die ersten 50% zu kommen. Ne, halt. Minimum ist

ANKOMMEN. Dann in die ersten 50% und am liebsten natuerlich in die ersten

30% fuer einen Pokal.

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Klassensieg am fruehen Morgen..

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Slicks, Regen, Klassensieg

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Die 24h auf der Nordschleife standen an. Daher mal fleissig Urlaub eingetragen.

Heisst aber auch etwas mehr Aufwand zum packen. Aber im roten Raumboot ist ja

genug Platz.

Mittwoch morgen also alles ins Auto gepackt. Klappe zu, Tank leer. Immer das

gleiche Ab 15 Uhr waer Abnahme fuer Corso-Teilnehmer. Es ist 10 Uhr, passt

scho, Autobahn ist ja unter der Woche leer.

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Ferrari in 1:3 - voll funktionsfaehig

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Das hier haut mich einfach nur von den Socken.

Da setzt sich dieser Pierre Scerri hin, zeichnet 3 Jahre Konstruktionsplaene und baut dann

12 Jahre (!!!) an diesem "Modell".

Zitat:

There are few if any models in the world to rival the Ferrari 312PB built by Pierre Scerri of Avignon, France. This 1:3 scale marvel is the real thing in every sense, from its operating 12-cylinder engine to the exact scale operating Ferrari gauges which are calibrated precisely to indicate rpm, oil pressure, water temperature and oil temperature.

It took Pierre 15 years and more than 20,000 hours to build this car. He learned to make glass so he could make the exact pattern lens for the operating headlights. He learned to make rubber so he could mold his own tires. His computer mainframe design background with the French telecommunications system allowed him to duplicate the Ferrari electronics system in exact miniature. It also provided him with the understanding needed to make a 1/3 scale operating fuel injection system identical to that in the full-size Ferrari.

Perhaps the toughest aspect of the car was the gearbox, for which Ferrari supplied drawings. While Pierre had an understanding of the object to be built, he lacked the very expensive specialized equipment required to build high-tolerance gears and synchros. Colleti, the builder of the full-size car’s gearbox ended up building the model’s gearbox.

There is no sign of deviation from the real car in terms of replication. The spark plugs are miniatures, the radiators were hand-built to the exact same core design as the real ones. Even the water reservoir fill cap is a Fiat radiator cap made exactly the same way as the real one and pressure tested. The suspension is exact and the hydraulically controlled brakes from the brake pedal have quick-change brake pads just as on the real car.

If you were 1:3 scale, you would open the door of the car, get in, fasten your seat belt as on the full-size car, take you Ferrari key (engraved identically to the real key) and put it into the ignition.

You would flip the toggle switch for the fuel pumps, and with this you would hear the fuel-injection system come to life, powered by a real scale battery built by Pierre. A crew member would stick the hand-held scale starter into the rear transaxle housing and as the engine turned over you would flip the ignition toggle switch and the 12-cylinder engine would come to life with a sound you’d never forget.

This 12-cylinder engine just isn’t any 12-cylinder engine, it is a 1:3 scale Ferrari 12-cylinder engine with the same beautiful sound. It took Pierre six months of running the engine on his own dynamometer to tune the header pipes so they would give off the same sound value as he had recorded from the engine of the real car. Once Pierre had the engine bolted together for the first time, it started on the very first try and, since then, has logged more than fifty hours of running time with no failures or refusals to start (It’s probably more reliable than the real engine).

In short, this model car is so incredible that one has a very difficult time focusing on the fact that it is a model and not a full-size car. Pierre has begun work on a 1:3 scale Ferrari P4. We’ll keep you updated.

(Quelle: http://www.fineartmodels.com/ )

Technical data

Engine

Flat-12 cylinder

Displacement : 103 cc

Stroke x Bore : 24mm x 19mm

Horse power : 8 ch @ 10,500 RPM

Cooling : 2 lateral radiators for water and 1 central radiator for oil

2 camshafts per cylinder banks

24 valves

Injection

Dry sump

Clutch

Hydraulic actuator

Brakes

Steel discs

Hydraulic actuator

4 piston callipers with removable pads

Transmission

5-gear + reverse - Differential

Cooling : oil pump + radiators

Chassis

N° 0884 PS

25 CD 4 S Tubes - Aluminium riveted

Adjustable shock absorbers

Steering system

Rack and pinion

Dimensions

Lenght - 1250 mm

Width - 650 mm

Height - 308 mm

Wheel base - 740 mm

Weight - 60 Kg

Der helle Wahnsinn!

PS: den Blog fuer 3. Lauf RCN bin ich noch "schuldig", habe aber erst jetzt die letzten Videos bekommen und morgen

geht's schon zum 4. Lauf an die Nordschleife. Stay tuned, kommt naechste Woche